Napoleon cake has been a top seller in confectionery departments for many years. This cake has become legendary because it is associated with the name of a famous French political figure. However, except for the name similarity, the Napoleon cake has nothing to do with this Frenchman.
There are many legends associated with the choice of the name. But all these myths are broken by a true story about a pastry chef named Napoleon, who created the cream for this dessert.
Let’s tell you about how you can prepare Napoleon on a water base.
Ingredients of the crusts for Napoleon cake:
- Flour – 400 g;
- Butter 82,5% – 200 g;
- Cold water – 140 ml;
- Salt – pinch;
- Vinegar (6-9%) – tbsp.
Ingredients of cream for Napoleon cake:
- Butter (82,5%) – 250 g;
- Condensed milk – 500 ml.
Preparation of Napoleon cake:
You need to sift flour, add cold butter to it, create a creamy flour crumb.
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order to get rid of large lumps, you can crush the crumb with a knife.
Pour vinegar into cold water, pour salt and mix. Pour the liquid into the flour crumbs, quickly knead elastic dense dough.
Wrap the dough in cellophane, put it in the refrigerator for an hour. Then roll the dough into a sausage, divide it into 8 equal parts. Each part should be rolled out into a round layer with a diameter of 30 cm.
While working with one layer, the rest of the lumps of dough should be put in the refrigerator. Poke the dough with a fork in different places, bake each cake separately at 210 degrees for 7 minutes.
After baking the cakes, you need to prepare the cream. In a bowl, beat butter with a mixer until fluffy. Gradually pour condensed milk into the butter, pour vanilla sugar to taste.
After combining all the components of the cream, it is necessary to smear each cake with it.
It is desirable to assemble the cake in a pastry ring. One of the cakes should be broken, make crumbs for sprinkling. The
rest of the cream smear the sides of the cake, sprinkle with crumbs
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Let the cake stand at room temperature for at least 3 hours, better – 12 hours.
You get a sugar cake napoleon at home. This is a great substitute for a store-bought sugary cake.
